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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation]. |
Subject: Biblical - women preachers/teachers??? |
Bible Note: Pam Let me give you one point to ponder. Is the question whether women should teach or not as big as issue as it appears? Or has Satan deceptively maneuvered it to become an issue of fairness? By that I mean no one really questions God when he gives one person a beautiful voice, or the ability to paint art. Yet if we are created equal then in the name of fairness we all should have that ability or none should. We don’t question why women can bear children and men can’t. Nor do we question why men generally have larger frames than women. There are differences between men and women, just as there are differences between people no matter of gender. I would love to drive a NASCAR but I don’t possess the reflexes and ability to be successful driver. While I may call this unfair is it, or does God have a different purpose for me? If everyone’s purpose was to preach who would listen? If everyone was to listen who would preach. Many focus on preaching as some sort of pinnacle or arrival point in a Christian’s walk. That is simply not true. Preaching is just another job in the church along with all the others. I have heard a lot of preachers in my time but nothing of what they said has impacted my life as did what my Sunday School teacher said. Incidentally my Sunday School teacher was a lovely woman doing a job nobody else wanted. I also guarantee if you or any other women your gifts will make room for you but perhaps not in the way you expect. Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men. I think we would all do well with this. 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. EdB |